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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850010 | Screen device and method of making the same The present invention provides a screen for separating materials according to particle size. The screen has a body, a plurality of fingers, and a plurality of rods. The fingers may be integrally formed with the body. The rods are supported within the body and extend... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7641053 | Method and apparatus for separating excavated material A method and apparatus for separating material, particularly excavated material is presented. The method and apparatus utilize a releasable and interchangeable screen assembly which is positioned on top of a frame having a slanted grate. The screen assembly includes... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7516850 | Screen panel A method and apparatus for altering the reflectivity of a screen when light is supplied to a portion of the screen is disclosed. The orientation and shape of wires disposed on at least one bar of the screen is controlled to alter the reflectivity of the screen. Also... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7303078 | Screen panel A method and apparatus for altering the reflectivity of a screen when light is supplied to a portion of the screen is disclosed. The orientation and shape of wires disposed on at least one bar of the screen is controlled to alter the reflectivity of the screen. Also... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290645 | Separating foreign objects from a mass of coins A coin cleaning device for separating foreign objects from a mass of coins, comprising first and second shelf portions arranged at first and second heights, vibration means for vibrating both the first and second shelf portions to cause coins on said shelf portions ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7186347 | Vibratory apparatus for separating liquid from liquid laden solid material A vibratory apparatus for separating a liquid from a liquid-laden solid material. The apparatus includes an inclined trough having a base with a first end and a second elevated with respect to the first end. A deck is attached to the trough base, the deck defining s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7111740 | Sorting apparatus, sorting method and alignment apparatus This invention provides a seed-sorting apparatus that includes an alignment trough having a plurality of grooves into which the seeds are distributed, a line sensor camera for inspecting the seeds, a nozzle device having a number of nozzles that is the same as the n... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108793 | Method of separating liquid from liquid laden solid material A method of separating a liquid from a liquid-laden solid material includes providing a trough having a deck defining a support surface with passages extending through the support surface. The liquid-laden solid material is deposited onto the support surface so that... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6883669 | Multi-element airfoil for pulp screens A the operation of pulp screening apparatus may be improved by employing a multi element foil having a leading foil section and a trailing foil section spaced from and trailing leading section so that adjacent surfaces of the sections one formed by a portion of a pr... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6863182 | Method and apparatus for separating excavated material A method and apparatus for separating material, particularly excavated material is presented. The method and apparatus utilize a releasable and interchangeable screen assembly which is positioned on top of a frame having a slanted grate. The screen assembly includes... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6609617 | Trommel A trommel for classifying and sorting objects. The trommel is an open cylinder including a drive plate and a feed plate. A series of supporting rods extend between the drive plate and the feed plate. Disposed therebetween is a rod support ring dividing th... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6595373 | Wedge wire and paper stock screening apparatus incorporating such wedge wire A wedge wire for use in a wire type screen for screening papermaker's stock is formed with an elongated body (12) having an enlarged head (20) at the inlet surface of the screen. The head (20) is formed with tapered walls (30, 33) that cooperate to define... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6375012 | Segregator bucket A segregator bucket comprises an open-fronted shell including a pair of opposed sidewalls and a rear wall, the rear wall including a plurality of curved, transversely spaced primary ribs defining spaces therebetween, a cage member being mounted in the she... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6357597 | Adjustable grizzly An adjustable grizzly has a series of parallel bars which form a grate. Each bar of the grizzly is adjustable along the width of a frame. Pins on the underside of the bars drop into slots in the frame. The bars are slid into position along the frame and t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6325215 | Method and apparatus for separating elastomeric particulates and fibers from a pulverized mixture A method and apparatus for separating elastomeric particulates from a pulverized mixture wherein a first separator assembly separates out substantially clean fiber and passes non-fibrous particulates and residual fiber to a second separator assembly that ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6273266 | Process for the wet screening of stock suspensions in pressure graders and pressure graders screen Process and pressure grader screen for wet screening stock suspensions. The process includes conducting the stock suspension along the screen, so that break-away eddies are formed on an inflow side of the screen, separating portions of the stock suspensio... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6213308 | System for debris elimination and item separation and method of use thereof A item separating or debris eliminating system includes a tank and a pump for circulating water from one end of the tank around through a duct and back into the opposite end of the tank. A medium density object collector is located within the tank, and a ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199703 | Vegetable harvester The pepper harvester has a harvesting head, a primary conveyor, a shredder, cleaning and separating assemblies, a pepper sizer, a sorting bed and a discharge conveyor. The shredder is mounted above the primary elevator. First and second side plates of the... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6056126 | Screen device with slot-shaped openings A screen device including a multitude of parallel rods between which are located the sorting slots. The rods are held in position by supporting elements, which are connected with carriers. The respective cover elements are located at the faces of the rods... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6006922 | Spacer for bar screen A doughnut or puck-shaped spacer has a centrally positioned square hole. A pie-shaped cutaway portion of the spacer allows the spacer to be elastically deformed mounting on a square rod. The rod and spacers join together the bars of a bar screen rack. Bar... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5799798 | Screen cylinder for screening high consistency pulp A screen cylinder is adapted to be used with a stirring unit for screening high consistency pulp to be received in the screen cylinder. The screen cylinder includes a plurality of parallel supporting plates, each of which is formed with a plurality of tra... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5769239 | Grain scalping apparatus A gravity flow apparatus that scalps off the large pieces of foreign material from grain before processing or storage. The scalper consists of an upright housing with a grain inlet at the top. The grain enters the housing and drops onto a dead head slide.... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5746322 | Vibratory finger screen with lateral wedge members A vibratory screening machine for separating materials according to particle size includes a vibratory frame and a sizing screen supported by the frame having a plurality of finger plates. Each of the finger plates includes a plurality of fingers separate... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5687853 | Screen construction A screening panel molded in one piece in plastics material has a plurality of surface members 11 running generally in the direction `A` and supported on transverse members 12. The surface members 11 define a substantially raised surface having a plurality... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5657877 | Rotary classifier for a roller mill The present invention provides a rotary classifier for a roller mill, in which a rotating vane is formed so that the vane width at the upper part of the rotating vane is larger than that at the lower part.... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5588536 | Dredge with bi-directional grizzly A water based dredge includes a grizzly with a sieve and a pair of bi-directional rakes. The rakes translate relative to the stationary sieve to slide waste or recoverable material off of the grid and onto a refuse barge or material processing apparatus, ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5544762 | Separating apparatus A separating apparatus is disclosed for separating debris from materials. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the flow therethrough of the materials. A frame is disposed adjacent to the opening. The frame has a first side which... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5524768 | Separator for the separation of fluidizable from non-fluidizable materials A separator for separating two or more materials of which one or more consist(s) of a particulate, fluidisable material such as aluminum oxide, from a material which can not be fluidised such as nails, tools, coke, pieces of wood, and lumps of oxide. The ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5495948 | Ash melting furnace arrangement and method for supplying ash to ash melting furnace A dry sorting machine having a separating function for removing solids of more than a predetermined size from ash and a drying function for drying the ash, and a magnetic sorting machine for removing metals from the dried ash are arranged in a pretreatmen... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5443162 | High capacity high pressure feeding The production capacity of a conventional high pressure feeder having a pocketed rotor with a slotted screen at the low pressure outlet port is significantly increased by constructing the screen so that its arcuate bars have a width much less than normal,... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5415294 | Screen with a surface having projections or depressions A screen suitable for use in a device for separating solid from liquid is made of a plurality of screen wires each of which is formed on the facial surface thereof with a plurality of projections or depressions. The screen may be additionally formed on th... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414902 | Defibrator with ribs, beater plate, grate and beater bars A defibrator which makes it possible to distribute defibrated cellulosic fibers directly onto a forming wire (5) includes ribs (33) extending inside a cylindrical housing (24). The ribs have outer curved surfaces which direct fibers into an area (35) in w... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5398815 | Landfill waste material separating method A waste material separating apparatus and method of separating waste landfill material which apparatus and method includes a frame and a vibratory screening deck or tier within the frame, the screening deck having a plurality of generally parallel, straig... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5322170 | Waste material separating apparatus and method A waste material separating apparatus and method which comprises a frame and a vibratory screening deck or tier within the frame, the screening deck having a plurality of generally parallel, straight rod elements to act as bludgeons on the waste material.... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5255790 | Screening apparatus A screening apparatus, in particular a bar screen for sorting and classifying fluid flows, especially fiber suspensions includes parallel bar-shaped screen elements mounted on cross bars and defining slotted screening perforations therebetween. At its top... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5248042 | Resilient wire-wrapped, and adjustably tensioned screen drum with drum overload-preventing feedback control A mobile screening apparatus includes a horizontal rotary drum preferably fed by underflow from a prescreening device that is reversible endless belt of screening grizzly bars. The belt reverses for expelling oversize material caught between bars. Force n... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5228576 | Device for sorting small articles A device for sorting small articles by size. A chute conveys the articles. A gap allows articles of less than a prescribed size through it. The gap is between the chute and a mechanism that extends across the slide. The mechanism detaches and conveys larg... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5219078 | Material separating and sizing apparatus with vibrating rods and method A material separating apparatus and method which comprises a frame of a pair of spaced apart generally downwardly sloping, upper and lower vibratory screening decks within the frame, the upper screening deck comprising a plurality of comb-like elements, w... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5191904 | Trash removal apparatus and method A trash removal system for separating trash and loose tobacco shreds from cigarettes that are rejected in cigarette manufacturing and packaging operations. A mixture comprising cigarettes, cigarette wrapper, trash and loose tobacco is metered onto a vibra... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5172498 | Shovel for earthmoving equipment A shovel for earthmoving equipment such as excavators, wheel loaders, etc., has two side walls, which are interconnected by a shovel bottom positioned between the side walls. The shovel bottom is at least zonally formed by a lattice-like grating, which is... | 12/22/1992 |
